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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5092 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 684
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5092

                          [Report No. 118-281]

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to 
 the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and 
                          for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

 Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Cramer, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
             on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            December 9, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to 
 the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Border Security 
Enhancement and Review Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND 
              STRATEGY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Northern Border Threat Analysis.--Section 3(a) of the 
Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``180 days after the date of enactment of this Act'' 
        and inserting ``September 2, 2025, and annually 
        thereafter'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
        paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) an assessment of recent changes in the 
        amount and demographics of apprehensions at the northern 
        border, including an analysis of apprehension changes at the 
        sector level.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Section 3 of the 
Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
        (d); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Not later than 90 
days after the submission of each threat analysis pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) update the Department of Homeland Security's 
        northern border strategy; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) if the Secretary determines no such update 
        is necessary, submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees justifying such determination.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern 
Border Security Review Act, as amended by subsection (b), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Classified Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after 
the submission of each threat analysis pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a classified briefing 
regarding such analysis to the appropriate congressional 
committees.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Implementation of Certain Government Accountability 
Office Recommendations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Air and Marine 
Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall develop 
performance measures to assess the effectiveness of Air and Marine 
Operations at securing the northern border between ports of entry in 
the air and maritime environments.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Border Security Enhancement 
and Review Act''.

SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.

    (a) Northern Border Threat Analysis.--Section 3(a) of the Northern 
Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``180 days after the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``September 2, 2025, and every 3 years thereafter'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) an assessment of recent changes in the amount and 
        demographics of apprehensions at the northern border, including 
        an analysis of apprehension changes at the sector level.''.
    (b) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Section 3 of the Northern 
Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall update the Department of Homeland Security's northern 
border strategy not later than September 2, 2026, and not later than 
every 5 years thereafter, and shall incorporate the results of the most 
recent threat analysis in each such update.''.
    (c) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern Border 
Security Review Act, as amended by subsection (b), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Classified Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the 
submission of each threat analysis pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a classified briefing 
regarding such analysis to the appropriate congressional committees.''.
    (d) Implementation of Certain Government Accountability Office 
Recommendations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Air and Marine 
Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall develop 
performance measures to assess the effectiveness of Air and Marine 
Operations at securing the northern border between ports of entry in 
the air and maritime environments.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the 
purpose of carrying out this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 684

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 5092

                          [Report No. 118-281]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to 
 the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and 
                          for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 9, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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